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HOUSTON, Texas — A judge has recommended that the conviction and death sentence of Melissa Lucio, a Texas woman whose execution was delayed in 2022 amid growing doubts she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter, should be overturned amid findings that evidence in her murder trial was suppressed. Senior State District Judge Arturo Nelson on Friday approved an agreement between prosecutors and …

Texas Seven prison escapee Randy Halprin’s conviction and death sentence should be thrown out because the judge in his 2003 capital murder trial harbored anti-Semitic views, a state district judge recommended Monday. Judge Lela Mays’ recommendation comes about three years after the state’s highest criminal court, the Court of Criminal Appeals, halted Halprin’s scheduled execution and asked Mays to review …

Texas Seven prison escapee Randy Halprin should get a new trial because the judge in his 2003 capital murder trial harbored anti-Semitic views, a state district judge recommended Monday. Halprin, who is Jewish, has argued he didn’t receive a fair trial because former State District Judge Vickers Cunningham was prejudiced against him. The state’s highest criminal court, the Court of …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Those who have been searching for an opportunity to get a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine are now eligible to receive a shot at NRG Park without the hassle of making an appointment. In an announcement on Monday afternoon, Congressman Al Green joined Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo to inform residents of the new plan that …